Why such a pessimistic article like this on the eve of the greatest event in the world? I agree, our situation is terrible compared to the rest of the world, but surely its not worth deriding our entire olympic contingent on the eve of their departure!
I think its very pessimistic to predict at best 1 bronze medal. Rajyavardhan Rathore got a silver last time-no reason he cant equal or better that! Also our shooting squad is amongst the best in the world in almost all the shooting disciplines and I think its fair to atleast be optimistic about 2-3 medals from shooting alone.
In archery too we are supposed to have one of the strongest teams and our archers came very close to a medal last time around - again at the very least its worth being optimistic about.
In table tennis Sharath Kamal is up there amongst the best in the world and he has every chance of bringing home a medal - on his day atleast.
In boxing too I heard we have a great boxer from Jharkhand - again perhaps an outside chance at a medal.
On the whole I, being an eternal optimist, believe that we have a chance at squeezing out bronzes at a fair number of events. We have had 1 medal each in the last 3 olympics, and I am quite sure we will atleast better that - anywhere between 2-5 would be my guess.
I think the problems are aplenty. In weightlifting we used to be one of the powerhouses but now the sport itself is in tatters. Our national sport of hockey - shame that we did not qualify. The blame for both of
